Category Archives: African issues

SA Quaker News — September 2023

Posted on 20 September 2023 by Admin

The latest edition of the SA Quaker News is available on the Publications page, or it can be downloaded here: https://www.quakers.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SAQN-253-web.pdf

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Namibia Quaker Community Statement on Same-Sex Marriages

Posted on 11 August 2023 by Admin

Media statement No embargo  Enquiries: email justin@nawa.co.na We, the Namibian Quaker Community, feel it is important to raise our stance on the rights of the LGBT+ community, in the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions, and statements in Parliament and … Continue reading →

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Quakers urge government to implement a universal basic income or face ‘dire consequences’

Posted on 31 July 2023 by Admin

This article by the YM Co-Clerks, Gregory Mthembu-Salter and Benonia Nyakuwanikwa, was published in the Daily Maverick at the following link: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-03-quakers-urge-government-to-implement-universal-basic-income/

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SA Quaker News, September 2022, now available

Posted on 17 September 2022 by Admin

The latest SA Quaker News, Number 250, published in September 2022 is now available from the link below. SA Quaker News — September 2022 The issue has a large focus on Ubuntu, the theme for the SAYM Yearly Meeting coming … Continue reading →

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World Bank report on Inequality in Southern Africa

Posted on 23 March 2022 by Admin

An Assessment of the Southern African Customs Union Download the report by clicking the image below. The PDF file is about 8,5 MB.

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Representatives Meeting, 26/27 March 2022 documentation

Posted on 19 March 2022 by Admin

The document pack for the March 2022 Representatives Meeting can be downloaded via the SAYM web page.The reports in the document pack are also available for browsing online as web pages. They can also be accessed via the SAYM web … Continue reading →

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Statement on the Passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Posted on 31 December 2021 by Admin

On behalf of Quakers in Southern Africa, we’d like to express our deepest sympathy and love to his wife Leah and extended family, as we celebrate the life of our much loved Desmond Mphilo Tutu. Quakers in Southern Africa give … Continue reading →

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Quaker Community in Southern Africa endorses SACC statement

Posted on 2 August 2021 by Admin

At their recent virtual meeting the Quaker Community in Southern Africa was made aware of the following statement of the South African Council of Churches. “The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is dismayed and perplexed by reports that Government … Continue reading →

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Statement on the Failed Insurrection and Civil Unrest in South Africa

Posted on 2 August 2021 by Admin

Issued by the Quaker Community in Southern Africa 1 August 2021 26 years after the advent of democracy in South Africa, we have experienced our first major insurrection. It is still early days, and facts may yet come to light … Continue reading →

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SAYM 2018 delegates’ pack available for download

Posted on 20 December 2017 by Admin

The Pack that will be distributed to Yearly Meeting attendees has gone to the printer. For those Friends who wish to read the contents in advance, please download the PDF file from the link below. SAYM Pack 2018 — PDF file … Continue reading →

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